Moment a confused looking Biden sticks out his hand and appears to shake thin air after falsely claiming in speech that he had also been a ‘full professor’ at UPenn for four years

  • President Biden looked lost again Thursday after finishing a speech on the nation’s ongoing supply chain crisis, when he turned around and stuck his hand out as if to shake hands – while no one else was on-stage
  • The blunder from 79-year-old Biden – which critics like Ted Cruz were quick to pan on social media – came as the head of state completed his address, delivered in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Immediately after ending the speech with the signoff ‘God bless you all,’ footage shows Biden turning to his right and seemingly saying something to the empty space behind him before miming a handshake 
  • After realizing there was no one to shake hands with, Biden stopped, looked around for a moment and then walked off the stage
  • Cruz, R-Texas, quoted the clip and added a wide-eyed emoji
  • Biden told the crowd that 70 percent of U.S. inflation could be blamed on Russian Leader Vladimir Putin
  • Biden also claimed that he used to be a ‘full professor’ at the University of Pennsylvania
  • The president was named Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor at Penn in 2017
  • He collected nearly a million dollars from the school over three years for giving about a dozen public appearances